Minorating.com (drivers thread)

I… I always thought it was. At least it gave me a good feeling when somebody hit me and MR said "1.0 CP 0% RE", then I'd think "at least that point counts for you, bastard".
You just told me Santa isn't real, man.

Speaking of getting hit: Does / will MR consider whether an opponent in a collision was on track or came from the gravel trap? Last night the guy in front of me went way too fast through T11 on the Nürburgring GP track, cut T12 (Warsteiner) through the gravel and hit me into the right back shooting back on track. Bam! – 1 CP for me which I really did not deserve. (In case of interest I may pm you my MR id)

 

I don't want to make it a cheater guide, so check your PM.

Clearly you spend too much time on programming.

 

i'm sure this already have been asked but 176 pages is a lot to browse so I ask again:
when practice on an an empty online server my rating drops from A/B to C after a while,
is there anyway to avoid that (I'll guess this is currently by design)?

 

Yes, by design. To achieve A or B you have to drive within attack range of other cars.

 

It depends on your CP and attack range %. For example recently I had over 300km done in two sessions with 0% attack range, one (95km) was Q for Nordschleife race, another (200+) was practice on Riverside and with those sessions I was still grade A.

 

Pit Exit:

Here they are for KS track:

Spoiler

Barcelona:


Brands Hatch:


Imola:

Magione:

Mugello:

Nürburgring:

RBR:

Silverstone: (forgot the pit exit for National layout)

Vallelunga:

Zandvoort:

I'd say:
high on the list: Brands Hatch, Nürburgring, Imola, Silverstone (GP and Intern.)

medium: Silverstone (National), RBR (maybe even low since it's behind T1 and on to the straight), Barcelona, Mugello

low: Zandvoort (that short line doesn't help much), Vallelunga (no dedicated line, maybe use the the line from pit exit to where it joins with the track limit line),



@Berniyh: Riverside has a pretty long wall and after it there is no pit exit line.

 

So do you only get CP for cutting pit exit from the pit side? I never cut pit exit but if im 2 or 3 wide at e.g Mugello main straight I will cross the pit line track side once it is clearly safe to do so. I also pull off track after every race if I dont do an in lap, or in Q as well.

For mod tracks that arent included will it still be business as usual with MR apart from the pit exit thing?

 

Yesterday on the test server you sometimes got CP for going into the pit exit line, but it's not intended to be like this. Minolin will figure it out, it's only supposed for cars driving out of the pits.

Pulling off track isn't an issue, it's cutting track with gaining an advantage that will be served with CP. Slow down on a cut so you don't gain time and you don't get a warning or CP.

 

I have to agree with @V8_KB here: you really should spend more time driving.

 

Ok, then it is what it is but I don't really understand the logic behind it (or what code make your grades drop).
If you on an empty server I previous had the assumption that your grade should not be affected or downgraded to C (I'll guess it will not go lower than that).
It says something about archiving old session or something like that in the chat/console.

 

Actually was referring to the "never heard of" part.

 

Can this be added to the first post or on ur website? Would be handy for lots of ppl trying to figure out how they got a drop in grade... Nicest explanation I've seen so far... but I might have missed u or anyone else in the last 177 paged

 

Thank you for the very good explanation, that makes it very clear what and why it is happening.

One suggestion could be not to add sessions where there is no other cars, that would at least delay the result.
I can give you the scenario: I participate in a few leagues where there is a race every 2nd week and 8-10 times/year.
(and another one, once a week, but don't think that one is an MR)

Between the races the servers are open for practice and I do practice a lot, alone most of the time.
I do most practice online to have correct track setup/condition.

For the league races the grade itself is not used so its not an actual issue but recently I have also went
back to some public mayhem servers when tired of practice, where some of them did not accept C grade.

But it's not so big deal since it normally just take one clean race to get back on AB level.
(or something like that)

 

In terms of problem corners on official tracks.


Imola: The worst is Variante Alta, this is prone to big flat cuts, Acque minerali exit running way wide onto astro turf if planned can be a significant gain.



Zandvoort Chicane at t12 I have seen many go straight across here through the sand and not even trigger the official cut, not sure if thats been fixed but its pretty blatant and on purpose.


Magione, never actually seen people do it but on stracker in one of my ABCN server multiple people were straight lining from t9 to t11.

 

I think the only chicanes where you can gain are T4 and especially T13.
T5 is possible in principle but most cars will be unsettled such that you actually don't gain.

It might be possible to cut in T7 in the classic layout, but I wouldn't say it's that critical.
Overall I'd say it's one of the low prio tracks.

Only the run-off area, but the penalty system – at least in quali mode – is quite strict there.
Unfortunately not in race mode, though.